Falcon

Justice Spaces

Falcon’s expertise at the intersection of public health and public safety reflects a deep understanding of life and work within the criminal justice system. Through purpose-built design, Falcon’s subject-matter experts collaborate with local professionals to identify the clinical and criminogenic needs of justice-involved individuals and define the operational responses required to meet them.

Falcon then translates these needs into functional space requirements, supporting planners, programmers, and architects in designing environments that enable effective operations. Recognizing the value of lived experience, Falcon works alongside local operators and incorporates the perspectives of both residents and staff, applying a trauma-informed approach that promotes holistic wellness, supports staff, and improves outcomes for those who experience incarceration.

Falcon’s ethos is grounded in evidence-based principles that address the drivers of crime and expand access to clinical and recovery supports. Projects often focus on minimizing the justice system’s role in behavioral health crises by redirecting appropriate individuals to community-based care and advancing innovative models of deflection, diversion, and reentry.

Falcon believes public health is central to safer communities, reduced recidivism, and improved wellness across the justice system.

Falcon teams provide subject-matter expertise in healthcare and correctional operations, integrating best practices and emerging trends in medical, mental health, substance use disorder treatment, pharmacy and ancillary care, and the safe operation of next-generation correctional and community-based facilities.

Expertise Provided In:

Core Services

  • Population Projection, Forecasting, and Specialty Bedspace Distribution
  • System and Facility Planning
  • Stakeholder Engagement, Communications, and Liaison Services
  • Subject Matter Expertise for Architectural Programming and Design Services

Core Services (cont.)

  • Owners Representation (i.e., direct representation to ensure fidelity to trauma-informed, treatment-centric vision for healthcare, programs, and operations)
  • Transition and Activation Planning (i.e., comprehensive staffing analyses, policy development, RFP creation and review, training)
  • Upstream Interventions (e.g., deflection centers, crisis stabilization, sobering centers, integrated service centers)